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VOLUME 5?XO. 46. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH" CTtROLTNA, FRIMY M.ORftlNG.v MARCH,, 19, 1858. > WHOLE NUMBER 254
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MISCELLANY.
Mexican Cotton Seed.
Mr. John \V. Simpson, in fi commnn ieation
to the Laurcnsville Ilcra'd, furnishes the following
account, of his experiment with the Golden
Mexican Cotton Seed:
Mr. Slimmer bavins presented me with half
? bushel of the above variety. I gave then) in I
charge of Mr. Samuel McAtecr. my overseer, a '
careful and reliable man, who stepped o:f a- i
l>ont what lie thought to be one acre, of thin !
innu, which nowfvei', lie preparer! pretty well
for their reception, and spr.tt < (] the seed, as it !
is termed, by dropping a few Heed in a place,
from six to tun inches apart : by which arrnngemcnt
the}' planted about one acre of
ground ; many of the hill* were inis-nng, so
much ho that not more than half a crop was ex
jiected?the cultivation was nothing uutistiii!.
, The result was 1135 lbs. with seed, and 4.V?
clean lint put in the bale. The lint was shown
? to a ltev. Gentleman who had grown the long
Maple in the low country, who remarked that it
resembled that cotton more than any of the |
upland voriety he had seen.
1 have relied for the verily of tho above result
uoon others, of which I have no reason t?
doubt. I rt-gurd tlie yield to tlie extraordinary,
taking into consideration tlie sparse stand, con'
nectea with the summer's drought.
I have been applied to by several persons for
s-,. -soinc; of the seed?I am under a pledge not to
sell my seed, but will write to Mr. Summer to
jsendBome to this place for sale, who alone is
entitled to all the credit and profits, for its in'
* ' troduetion. The price, I understand to be
per bushel. ' I regard them to be intrinsicully
worth a grcut deal more.
' > Early Rising.-?Rubens rose regularly.
\ ^ at fotir, atul made it a law of bis life to be?
gin .the day by prayer ; after which bo wont
; to work, and befote broakfast made tho?e
beautiful sketches known by the name of his
breakfast sketches?always having1 in the
lipiise nn educated person, who read lo him
T.lirtf Plillornll itP Vipnrll Ao
' liis great- happiness, he was very abstemious,
x that he.migbt not bo prevented painting all
" day. .'lie worked on till five, when he
" anounted bis favorite horsp, and rode round
the ramparts-'Ht Antwerp; nt his return, he
found his friends assembled to supper. Ilis
, chief relaxation was riding, or studying liije
fine collection of gems, or reading; and a?
be painted everything from nature, and
.<V> painted horses often, 4)0 had 'some of tlie
.. > finest breed in his slpblfA ? He ran-ly visited,
?-.i .1,1 i...
^ nucu it'^uusicu'iu uu ou yy
3J? ..loXwhose works lie always found something
prai8 - " / a r ' '
ijow THffr WBRE CoNVBRTED.?TlieCOn-'
version of MessrR.Donglns, W?#e*ftj>d.Wftjthree
Democratic candid ft lea for tlie
Presidency, from fellowKhip^with the firo^ubtl??6w_ing,>Iho
North
American, td'tfieir^ni^V'oP.lbc.VSUi'-ofc^p:
; Cer ^f PsnlmB. Stli and CtV vetto*: -. .. ~
Tho Horoine of Tho Saluda.
111 llio 1 >isirict ??1" Fait field, South Caroliti:i.
there lived during lite Ametiean Revo- j
laiion, an honest o) I (Jennan farmer, who |
amidst all the infections of a tory atmos- 1
phere, remained true to eauseof the land of '
hi* adoption, an earnest, ardent, nneoin- j
promising advocate of independence, and although
not under arms, a valuable auxiliary !
j in the struggle lor American natioi a'ilv.? I
His name was Hans driver, and although j
! himself an emigrant he had rared around i
11i 111 a family of sons and daughters of Amo- |(
| riean soil, all of wlioiu partook of the old I
man's political In fact, his j
household presented what in those days '
! ini^ht he regarded almost as an anomaly, |;
an entire family of true him! whinjjs. ] >lit 1
1 with all this zeal and whole heat tedness. I
Hans was constrained to do what he j|
did with great caution and secrecy, for lie j(
; lived anion" those who would catch at anv ,
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disloyalty to the king as a pretext for voi- ^
: lence and outrage. Tim safety, not onlv j
! <>f 11is properly, but of 11is person am] 111?*
persons of those wlio relied on liim for
protection, were at stake. Then* were torv
eyes upon liim, ami the vindieiive hatred of j .
that class of spirits towards anything like :
I- hellion, is too well known to doubt tin; .
rc-nlt o^ any appcaraneu < f disloyalty on J ,
I lie part o! the ouiet oiil fanner. So In- |
kept his own counsel, an-! when urw*d by i (
them '.<> tako part in the royal <?aiw, he ox- i (
cuse<! him-elf, on Hccount of ol?l ago, ami j ,
thu duties devolving upon him in the career | |
| of his young but growing family. Hut on I,
the other hand he lost no oppoitunitv of > |
conveviuti useful information to tho com- j |
matniing oflieers of the patriot forces, which J .
from time to time, entered the district in j |
opposition to the invaders of the province. I f
Kmily <?rity-.-r was the oldest child of this !
faithful, lull unobtrusive ol>l patriot. At p
that lime eighteen years of ajjc, she liad been ^
r<*a?*. ? 1 in ail tin; peculiar virtues of German (
housewifery, ami German economy. She
I could bake the bread, brew the malt, wash
j the clothe*, milk the cows, or, if ncc<! be. i
| drive the oxen upon the plantation of her i
father. Vet, with all these solid accomplish- ! :
ments, those of a more delicate and ell- 111- i
inate nature were n >t forgotten; and in
her character were blended with the useful '
the most vituons ami gentle attributes tif her :
sex. She possessed a tender heart and j ,
clear judgement : a lively sense aiihe of i
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her dlilies to her Odd, her conn', ry and her (
follow nutria's, exhibiting a character at j
oner* firm, free and admirable.
At the time of which I write, an orguni- j
zed band of tories, sustained by a few Ilrit- j
i-h troops bad completely swept the neigh|
boring districts of Ninety Six, and fortified i
; themselves in a vill.ijje of that name, .from I
which scouts were continually scouring the I
whole province, carrying with tliein tlif
' brand ot an incendiary and the dajrrjer of j
! ihe assassin ; tlie whole, heir.<j under llie j
| cum in a ml of the infamous and notorious |
I lory John Cinder, a native of the city of |
New York, at that liino hold a commission
of Lieutenant Colonel from the enemies of
his nat ive land.
To reduce this horde of villians drive
! them from thier stronghold, the American
j General, Greene was dispatched hut with
; a force inadequate to the lade, lie had
laid scigo to the fortress of Ninety Six, hut ;
! finding it stronger than had been supposed, ,
| was compelled to submit to the delay nee- j
<!.?s>ary to the erection of counterworks, and !
finally Ix'gan the assault. Hut tlio details 1
| of this stern encounter arc familiar in histo|
ry, I shall not dwell upon them ; suffice it
; to say that, when tlie tory commander was
on tlio point of surrendering information
was conveyed to him that Lord Hawdon, <
having heard of his critical situation, was at
that moment near at hand with a sufficient
force for his succor. The effect of litis information,
while it inspired the garrison with
reneweu energy, was most disastrous upon
the besiegers, and Gen. Greene found him self
compelled to raise the siege and withdraw
I)is liitlo force, lie hastily crossed the
I Saluda river, and retreated in tho direction
of the Enoree, leaving the lories still masters
of the District. Lord Raw don, after
reaching the fortress of Ninety Six, and
finding all safe, set out in pursuit of General
Greene, hut eventually deemed it prudent
to give up the chaso, and tuin his attention
to the occupation of Friday's ferry,
at Gratiby,and the concentration.of a strong
force at that place, with the ultimate view
i nwct-jiiijjj mo enure continental power
from tlio province. To prevent this plan,
General Greene determined to intercept the
expected reinforcements of the British commahder,
and accordingly halted on the
banks of the St'iluda, In the .immediate vicinity
of our old friend HatisGriger.
To accojprtplishjiis precautionary measure,
GenertjiGreene found jt necessary to stfnd
instructions to Geheral Manonand* Sump'ter^.
were (lieil with their sejierate command*,
?scoibrincf. the-jxiountry, tornewheria ! botween
position.srtfrtbttvw?# unknowniund a? tM *
fiddly ami danger, In fact, llie attempt was J
considered fatal to any one who slioiiKI pos- j
ess the hardihood to undertake it. Not ,
wi--h'ntr to force a duly so critical and ha- j
/.anions np?m any of his men, dit-piiited as j
they were in couscquenco of their late reheat
from the assault upon Ninety Six, the j
General called for volunteers who were wil- j
ling to undertake it. Tin.* call was for some ;
time answered only with muttered gricvan- ;
res. \Y caried with long and forced march- '
i's iii (lie van of a pursuing enemy ami dis- ;
[ otirsijji'il hy a temporary reverse, < ;?? !? sol
dier clitn?r to tin- present nionijiitarv respite .
I*iom hardship toil ami niriiagy. None j
seemed wiliinir to undertake the fearful it- ;
.... I
?poiis;l)ility.
lint at this moment, :i new and iinexpeet- |
I'd character appealed in the drama. A trill !
in the garb of a peasant presented herself at
llie camp and demanded an audience with >
llie General.? With a look of pleasant sur- j
prise, the picket inquired.
' What have you to Jo wish the General ?"
"That I will tell him," was her answer.
'*(mmiiI exe'aitned tlie. pieket : so he j
>ttmmoned the eorporal, who eouduetvd her |
<i the ollieer of the guard, who sent word
<) tie? ollicer of the day who, after :i hrief ,
>arlev. gallantly eonduetcd her in person to ;
he marquee of the General. Tle-re was a ;
os>k of timidity, but not uf fear, on the face ;
>f that young cr.rature, as sho passed along \
lie streets of the camp under the wonder'ing,
laze of the idle soldierv. but her s!eii \v:is
inn, mhI lior hearing inlawed. It was no j
traiiin* lliintr to see a woman in the rami) .
nit King b'-lore this visitor had readied j
headquarters the circumstance of her imper- j
itive demand to see (lie (i<Mn*ral in person j
i?<d lii.-en whispered among the men, and
iht-ir curiosity was exeilotl. It was hard for
ihein to conjecture what mischief might lie
lirewing under that simple and lioincly
^:u l>, and it. was at last gravely concluded
ihat mio ?/itts/ l?e a spy from the lorv camp.
General Greene was in no enviable humor
:it I lie moment of her arrival in front of his
marquee. The messages that lie wished to
-end to h;s two generals were of immense
importance, and driven to vexation bv what \
lie denominated tlie puMlnnimons spirit of j
!ii> moil, who, one and all had, bv a taeit
?ilence, refused to convey tliem, he wa* in
iheaetol writing an order, detailing mes oiigers
to perform the tintv, when the miiXpecletl
visitor was announced. No! partaking
of tlie fancies of his men, tins Gencr- :
d ordered that she should bo immediafel v j
[nought into his presence, and accordingly !
die w;is ushered into llio marquee. She i
was now really embarrassed, but the Gencr- j
riPs vexation had b??en changed to a good I
Matured surprise l?y the unexpected vi?it, j
and lie addressed her with so much case ;
that in a moment her con fid once was restored,
as she proceeded to make known the
object of the interview.
' General," she said, "tlicy tell us at the
farm that you want a parson to carry a mes-npje
to General Snmptcr."
"I do, indeed, my good giil, and I will
pay handsomely any one who will perform
that service for me."
'*1 will do it, it you please, ueneral l>ut ;
not for pnv."
Yes r*
"I reckon you know where lie i?, and I
am sure I ran find Jiiin," idie added, without
appearing tu notice his looks of astonishment.
"Buido you know the danger of tiie undertaking?"
inquired the veteran. "There
i? not a man in my whole army thai is willing
to perform the required duty.
"I don't think it's because they're afraid ;
i . i? i ii! . i i i
io, sir, sue replied, uuncaieiy. i no soldiers
arc tired and wurn out, and I don't j
blamo them for wanting it little rest. Bull
can do it, sir, and nobody will think of suspecting
a g rl like me."
"You are a brave girl; who are your
parents ?"
"My father is IIans Grigor. Your camp
is on a pari of our plantation."
"Hans Griger! I know him well !" exclaimed
the General. "As true a friend of
our cause as anv man in America, as I have !
i
more than once had occasion to testify. If
he is willing, yon shall have your wish, if it
were only as an example and a rebuke to
?l.? .i.?; ~
mivi vvnoniit uiuiico iiink nig dwuiiijiu"
? o
around me." V
"I have my father's consent already," she
paid. "lie told ine I might ask you. lie
would havo sent one of my brothers, but the
only one largo enough is,a soldier in General
.SumpJ&V army.?So, if you please,.I'll
set out immediately." ^
. "My child," said llie General, -Vittio task
is too severe for you, independent of tKe
.1 ... : tin . - ! . .-i
uiuig<.:i juu niu-ti iucur. - w ny 11 is aiieaBs*
l;v journov of three days, pnd -tnost'of it
lirrough .41 wilderness.'' t.
"I'm not afraid of (lie vr<vodsJ;t?ir, and, as
tO ^Iip journey, I ;\?n* 'brought up to*
work, And for that natter, to hard'ridiu'g
Well, you sliiill go after you have seen
vonr father again, and obtained a renewal of
his consent. There is my message already
written, hut in ease you should lose it hy
any means, I will relate its contents.?
Should you lose this dispatch, and afterwards
succeed in reaching the camp, tell
t.Jencral Sumpter that Lord Kawdon is inoving
towards (jranbv, and he must hasten
to throw his division in advance of tins < nemy
and defeat, his object. (J.-iieral Merion
and Col. Lee will he at hand to assist.
Iiitn. Iteini'inber these words, niv hrave
(jiil, Mini depart as speedily as you may.?
l?Oii I'l-.'-s you! Ciu.'' With these words
lie pressed her hand heartily. She seized
the precious packet, saying eagerly :
''Voii shall soon hear from me, General,"
and hastily quitting the camp, she returned
td the house of her father. In le.sS than half
an hour this noldo girl was on the back of
a fleet horse, and with the dispatch carefully
concealed in her dress, she dashed
down the road along the banks of the Saluda.
It was not long before circumstances
was noi-ed through the camp.and many a
brave fellow who had never feared to face
death 011 the battle field hung his head in
veiv shame that a vounir LT'il should have
seize! upon the {{lory of such an inlerpri.se.
Volunteers wciu now offered as thick as
blaekbeiries, only one of whom was accepted,
ami he was dispatched to General Marion.
It was iir<^.'il by some that tlie ijirl
could not possibly reach Sampler's camp,
and hence il wotiiil be necosary to send
s<?me one else in tin; same direction, but the
(jeiieral settled tli.it hy saving sho was as
good up any two men in tlio army, ami
whether she reached her destination or not
uohody should share her hum els.
Tin: first day of Kmily's journey passed
away without any incident of moment, and
the night she. passed at I ho liouso of a
planter. Bill before the close of the second
day, while passing through a wood, she foil
suddenly on a party of'armed lories. Coining
from the direction of (ieueiul Greene's
camp, their suspicions were excited, and leveling
their muskels at her, they command
ed her to ha't. This she did without hesitation,
or any imharassment, when one ol
the fellows, seizing the l iens of her horse de
inanaeu wiienco Mie came Hiiii w iietlmr she
was gninu.
"I rami; from my fathers, Hans ("J rigor,
and I go to my brother, who is near Orangeburg,"
was her hi ief response.
"liel'ore yon proceed, you will go with uto
my house. I am sure my wifo will be
glad to see you," said I he lory.
Assured hy their manner that they intended
no personal harm to her, she eon
scutod with apparent cheerfulness. The
house to whieh they led her lay about hall
mile distant, and, having arrived there, she
was immediately locked up alone in a room
Apprehending that she might he subjected
to a search, the quick-minded irirl ate.
piece l>v piece, the dispatch tliat had been
entrusted to her by General Greene, am
scarcely had she completed the dry ami
unsavory repast, when the expected wilt
of the lory entered the apartuiet, and coin
menced a close and prying scrutiny of her
| clothes, hair ami person. Tims much wc
| must place to the credit of the tories, whe
j with all their brutality towards the patriots
had the delicacy to leave the examinatior
of the poison of this girl to female hands.
Finding nothing of a suspicious charnc
ter upon lier, .she was at length permitted
1 to depart, and on the following day she
arrived safely at the camp of General Surnn
U-r, and deliverer] to the officer word foi
word I lie message with which she had beer
entrusted. That message liad much to d<
in breaking the power of the British, ant:
closing the account of the Revolution it
South Carolina. The plans of the enerm
were frustrated ; the forces in the province
were concentrated, and tho haltle of the
Eulaw Springs followed. Emily Griger was
for a long lime the toast of the patriot ar
my in the>outh ; and the "Heroine of llu
Saluda" was never forgotten by that hravc
and faithful patriot. General Niithflniel
Greene. 1
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Scenk in a Gkoo siiop.?A. well-known
colporteaur in a Southern city, who labor:
taithluiiy iimons; all classes, thus graphical
ly sketches a scene in which . he was an Motor?
"Went into a drinking-bouse .where
were thirteen , men. "* "AVoll' getitlemen
any book* for you this jnornipg?" "No,'
was the reply; "I'll buy no book* .from ji
man tliat wont drink with ??. 'JkVhy, gen
lemen/said I,*thare is not a man ijere but,
would bo as sorry lo see Tr.e drink , n1
to see me rod# on a rail. "That's a /nc
told gentlemen; I would not rcII votf a glas
of liquor for fi/<j dollars, no not,for tei
dollarg, (gr I believe you ^are .trying to d<
good.; apd if yqu have arty goodrl}oolf t|ier<
thaVvoif think I*neod;X'll buv* it. Ooin<
men " rfftid lier^edmq 'up, and k-t'a My th
whole:^f,;ifhd\li>lp fttong." Iluroin.th
grogshop. f inoncf dy^nnicrft pod' d^mijaho
nti(Tbft/rt?l$, ^*fd. no, jifinfu J ,<>f tiogi^gav,
r?*aAc^nnd feftjiJI i
[Foil THE INDKIT.SMKNT I'ltKSS.]
' Plant o'er my Grave tho Willow Treo !
i ? I
BY COL. N. II. I'ETTIT.
j Plant o'er my crave tins willow tree,
When I mil desul uiul g??iie, )
I For none shall weep n tear for ine,
When Fill gone, when I'm gone.
|
No brother 'le;?r will mourn my <1enth,
Nor Bister hrenthe a sijjh for me,
Nor parents kin?l, with pnntin^ breath,
Will wring their souls with 111*011 v.
i ... " I
! Xo hnlv fair wi! 1 uricve to hear?
*' Plant o'er iiiv crave tin: willow tree," J
! Nor frii ii'ls bewail my cor?* to hour,
I'rotu lime to dread eternitv.
I !
'I lie willow tree will mourn for
When loudly roars the mighty storm,
Ali<l zephyrs elinnt sad initistrelisey,
In requiems o'er my lifeless form.
I'lnut o'er my grave the willow tree,
Wluii 1 mil ?|i'ml mid gone,
j l'or none shall weep n tear for iiii>,
When I'm gone, when I'm none.
Pun with tho JT'a
'1 lie fellow who fixed up llio following j
i mil. Miomu linn a kinuric 111 sonio taintless t
! female; friend* forever, fuel lor lii> (ire, ami \
fodder tor 11 is ll.it too tod ami four fooled !
| lul'CVS,
Fi n with the r's.
! A famous fi-l? factor Colin J himself father
| of live Hiding females-- Fanny Florence,
i Fer nando, ! raneesca and Fciielhi. The
! first four were llal featured, ill favored, f'urj
bidding laced freckled frump*, fretful 11 ippanl
foolish, ami Hoiml'mi;. Funella was a
iinefeatured, fresh. fleet-footed fairy, frank, j
j live :in<t Itiil ol luti. Tin* fi<her I .iled, Mid 1
i was forced by fickle fortune to forego I lis j
1 footman, forfeit his forefathers lint* fiekl and ;
i find a forlorn farm house in a forsaken forest.
; Tin; lour frotfuI females, fond of figuring at
1 feasts in leathers and fashionable finery.
' fuiin-d at their fugitive father Forsaken bv
j fal>?mc flattering fortune hunters, who followed
them when lirst flourished, Fcnella
! fondled her lather, flavored their food, forgot ;
| her flatering followers and trolieked in frieze!
j without fl<unices. The father finding him- j
I self forced to forage in foreign parts for a j
! fortune, found he could all'oid a faring to t
i his five fondlings. The fust four were fain j
i to foster their frivolity with fine frills and i
I fans, fit to fiui-li their father's finances; Fe- j
j nella, fearful of flooring him. formed a fan- j
; ov for a full fresh flower. Fate favored the I
i ti-li factor for a few days, when lie fell in j
f j wit li a foj>; his t';iithfn) Filler's footstep fal- I
! terod, and food failed. He found hinw.-lf
in front of a fortified fortress. Finding it
j forsaken, and feeliuji himself feeble and for- i
I lorn with fasting, lie fed on the, fish flesh ,
' and fowl he found, frirciissed, and whet) lull j
) fell ll tl on tin; floor. Fresh in the forenoon J
| lie forthwith flew the finitfiil field*. and not !
. forgetting 1-Vnella, he filched a fair flower; j
i j when a foul, frightful fined i>h figure flashed ;
( | forih; Fellonious fellow fingering my flow- j
i ers I'll finish von ! (?o, sav farewell to you i
I J? ? ? . * l? M ?"l? -
[ nni* loiiuiiou.s lainiiy, arm lace ine 111 a tort- |
\ night !*' Tlie fainthearted fisher fumed I
! and faltered, and fast was far in flight. IIis j
, I five daughters flew to fall at his feet and
, j fervently feli itato him. Frantidv and fluI
ently he unfolded his fate. Feliella, forth*
j with fortified hy filial fondness followed her
; fathers foots eps, and flung her faultless form
: at the toot of the frightful figure who for|
gave the fattier, and fell flat on his face,
i lor lie had fervently fallen in a fiery fit of
j love for the fair Feliella. lie feasted her
I till, fascinated hv his faithfulness she forgot
I I the ferosity of his faee, form nnd features,
; | nnd frankly and fondly fixed Friday, fifth of
. I February for the nlfair lo come off. There!
j was festivity, fragrance, finery fireworks,
i fricasseed frogs fritters, fi-h, flesh, fowl and
: ! fermentry, frontignac, flip and fare fit for the
? jfastidous; fruit, fuss, flambeaux, four fat
, | fiddlers and filers: and the frightful form of
, tilts fortunate? anuj t'ruinpish fiend fell from
him, ami fell l?;al Fenella's feet a fair-favor?
d, line frank freeman of tlio forest. Behold
ilie fmits of filial affection.
I
The Columbus of the Heavens.
Copernicus, after harboring in iiis bosom
for loiiiy, lonjj years, that pernicious heresy
! ?the solar system?died on the day of the
t appearance of his book from tlie press.
I Tim closing scene of his life would furnish
( a noble subject for an artist. For thirtyfive
years he lias resolved and nurtured hi<
, system of the heavens. A natural mildness
, of disposition, bordering on timidity, a re.
luctance to encounter controversy, and a
. dread of persecution, have led hiin to with*
, bold his work from ilifc press, arid to make
known his system but to a few confidential
| friends and disciples. At length be draws
near his end; ho is seventy-three years of
age,'and he yields his work on the "revolu*
lions of the heavenly orbs" to hia friends
? for publication. The day at last has cdme
V on which it?is to be ushered into tho world.
It-is the Iwor.ly-fouflli of Mny7 1543. On
' that day?tho effect, no doubt, of the in?
tense excitement of his niind 'operating up
i on an exhausted frame?an effusjon of
* blood brings liiin to the gates of the grave.
LI is last hour is coipe ; holies ^tretch^d upY
on the couch from which he will never, me,
t t a , * 1
? in his apartment at Fauenbiirg, in East
n Prussia. The beams of tlie setting sun glance
3 through the GothiftWindows of .his^ chain\
W-L.J!*?rhi? bedside is tha arjpillary Sphere,
a': has contrived Jo^r epjesyi?hin,thee.
oi*y^iUlie,heave&? ; his picU^r&V painted 'by
who brings him the first printed copy*df.hift j
immortal treatise, lie knows that in this j
hook he contradicts all that had ever been i
distinctly taught by former philosophers ; j
he knows that he has rebelled against the j
swav of I'lolemy, which the scientific world ;
had a< knowledgcd for a thousand years ;
iie knows that the popular mind will be
shocked hv I.is innovations ; he knows that i
' j
tin' at cmpt will be made to press even re- ;
ligion into the service against him ; but he ,
knows thai hi* hoolc is true.
? ?.* an IMIC u<; IV.MVO ii JjJlUI IUlfH j
truth. as his dving bequest to tin; world, i
II?i bids tins friend who lias brought it place
himself bft ween the window and his bedside, j
thrit the sun's rays may fall upon t .o pro- j
oious volume, and ho may behold it onoe i
before his eyes grow dim. lie looks upon i
it, takes it in his hand, presses it to his J
breast, and expires. l?ut no, he is not !
wholly gouu! a smile lights up his dyint;
countenance ; a beam of returning intelli- I
gcncekindles in his eye; his lips move ; j
and tlie fi iutid who leans over him can lieai j
him fainily murmur (he beautiful sentiments ;
which the lyrist of a later age has so finely !
expressed in verse:
Yo c'ldon lumps of henveti, farewell, with ull i
your feeble licht:
I*u re well, (linn ever changing moon, pale cm- J
press of the night ;
Ami thou, refulgent o. b of Joy, in brightest'
flames nrrnyed,
Mv sols', whioli r-1?rliirrs lievonJ thy sphere, no
more (li'matiili thy niil.
Ye stars nre but the shining dust of my divine '
abode,
The pavements of those heavenly courts where
I shall reign with God."
So the great Columbus of the heavens.?J'Jrcretl.
Calling Things by Right Names.
Augustus II:ir?\ iu a sermon entitled,
"The Fooli>h Moekers," from tlic text,
' Fools make mock of sin," says there is a j
"mocking sin*' in other ways than is goner- j
si11v supposed. His own words are, "When
any of lis employ any of those litti<* winning
phrases, under whirli people are so fond of
disguising hroad and open eiinie>, when we
me any of these gentler names for sins,
which l!ic world has cunningly substituted
for the plainness of Christian language, are
we not our?*lves guilty of something like
the samr? oflence? This is a mailer which
people ought to consider more seriously j
than they <lo, seeing that names go so far j
in governing the world. If a lie were ah
ways called a lie and milling else, if whoredom
and adultery were always culled whoredom
and adu'terv and nothing else we
would have mneli fewer liars, fewer thieves,
fewer whores and adulterers, than are now
seen walking ahoiil, lifting up their heads
without shame in light of the sun. For in
that case, the sin would he ever set before
us in its naked hhleomnesa and horror; and
tliA 5trto#rtnoh/?n ???>/! llir* ..... .1-1
.w.< ? .*; rwii.unilix Wl *111(1
start from a sight so frightful and revolting.
But wrap up the same crime in a soft, unmeaning
phrase, so that the car shall not he
shocked, nor the conscience scared, call a lie
a story or a fib, and they who are tempted,
too readi'v fancy there can be no great
harm in that of which the world speaks so
mildly and indulgently."
We agree most heartily with the above
extract. Vet we fear wo do not alwavs
practice it. We doubt whether we should
have had the boldness to write the above
ourselves. Hut having boon preached in a
parish church in England, we publish if,
ami tie neve it to t>e true. Wo make light
of pin, when we c.;ill sin by'light names. Of
a man who is gn.ilty of every vileness under
heaven such as would send him to the penitentiary,
we say, "hois dissipated ;n of a
man who makes a beast of himnelf by drtink- I
enness, we say he is "tight," or "fresh." or |
something of I lie k?ntl. We find the following
in one of our English papers, bearing on
this:
"At the late Stafford Assizes, one of the
witnesses having said, the prisoner was
'fresh,' i. c. drunk. Baron Brum well exclaimed,
"Why dy you use such a respectable,
agreeable word as 'fresh' In describe such a
beastly habit ns drunkenness? It would be
better to say stale, or stinking, or filthy,
tlmn smdi n won! ns "frrtcli
Wc believe the habit of calling sins by
their right names, would do something to
Mop sin. At any rate Christians should
imitate (he Word of God, in ils directness
and boldness, when called upon to express
an opinion.?Southern Churchman.
Mk. Dai.i.as to he offekkd a Jt'doki
ship.?A letter writer, from Washington
under recent dale says : 4,It is whispered
that Mr. Dallas will probably bo offered the
federal judgeship made vacant by the'death
of Judge Kane, of Philadelphia/ This
?purse will, perhaps, mako his recall from
ilio English mission acceptable to him. The
former relations bet wean Mint gentlemnn and
President Buchanan hnvo boon 8oinewh.it
of rivalry, and doubtless the fatter has a*d?licaey
with respect to the recall which the
opportunity to tender this Appointment does
away wtyh*?Columbus Sun, j
Mrs, pami#otoy ot? tub Sepots.-t-AV
ttsuaLMrt. P. was seated in her easy chair,'
,meditation on the chain oPVvents which Ike
had-just finished redding to tier from tha'pa-.pcrs
of th^day, whfen voluntarily an effusion
broke forth from.!)<!? fruitful brjiin,-4the effect
of art over sensitive tempcramu.pt, as she
exclaimed-, ^Oh, Ike, thos&Jiorrid sea boys-!
1 ak-4^thought thatjf my Ike should ever
iiK'.linii to bq ftoyf I.-w6b|JwUUr
%v they are'^?ly[:,tHrr
Will never w?n teeWtnUo^.Kl^ounV^. T
fancy that tli.toa boys would ?ot? l.ave
"\Vh?t\are you to
"Oil, I don't know, ma'am, withtMSfaV Jk
because mo heart feels happy."
"Ilappy, are you, Mary Maloncy 1 Let
me sc; you don't own a foot of land in tho
would ?"'
"Foot oflnnd is it." slie cried with a .
hearty Irish laujjh. "Oh, what u hand ye
he after for joking, why I hasn't a penny?
lot alone the land."
"Your mother i.i dead."
"God ro^t her soul, voa," replied Mnry
Malonev, with a touch of genuine pathos/ ,,
"may the angola make her bed in heaven.'
"Your brother is still a hard ease, I suppose."
"Ah, you may well say that. It'* nothing
but drink, drink, drink and heating his
poor wife that he is?the creature." > "You
have to pay your little sister'*
board f"
"Sure, the bit crater, an' she's a good
little girl, is Hinny, willing to do whatever
r ........ i r .i .. I.I
i .!*?;* uur. i uoii i gmuge ine money mm
goes for that."
' You haven't many fashionable dressca
either, Mary Malonev ?''
"Fashionable is it? Oil, yes, I put n piece
of whalebone in mo skirt, and nie calico
#
go wild looks a< big as tlio great ladies.?
lint then Vf! SIIVS I rno 1 Imn'l Kilt fivrv nrnirna
. ' ? ~ " ""v
to me back, two shoos to me feet, and ona
boniiit to nib head, barring the old liood ya
gave inc." ,
"You haven't any lover, Mary Maloney 1"
,'0, be off wi<l ye?ketch Mary Malosey
getting a lover theso days when the hard
time is come. No, uo, thank Heaven, I.
an't got that to trouble rncyet?nor I don't
icnnt if Tli?rn w??o r?/i
... * MM v ? n.7 i??\i OlOVVI mat IIKIII ICU
in old Ireland ; she took ?p with a lover at
the time I took down wid the measles?- <
an shnre, I got well first. She med to go
about pinin, ati'J sighin' till mo very heart
was acliiu' to sec her sodolcmfully; hut by
and by she got married, and her husband
driuked and bate her, so that's all she got
for her sorrow. Ketch this Mary MaloDey
taking any such distress on here as that.
"What on earth, then, have you got to
make you happy ? A drunken brother, a .<
poor helpless sister, no mother, no father,
no lover, why where do you get nil yoor
happiness from ?"
i "The Lord bo praised, Miss,it growed np
j in mo. Give me bit of sunshine, a cltna
! iltire, plenty of work and a sup at the right
! time, and I'm made. That makes rao
' lnnsrh and sin*?: and then if det-D trouble < '
I .
j come, why?God helpin' me?I'll try to
| keep my heart tip. Shu re, it would be a
i sad thing if Patrick McGrue should take it
into his head to como and ax for me, hot
the Lord wil'in,' I'll try to bear up under
it."
The last speech upset my gravity. Th?
idea of looking upon a lover a9 an affliction
was so droll! But she was evidentlv
sincere, having l>efore her the example of
her sister s husband, and her drunken brother,
Boston Olive Branch.
As Anecdote with a Moral.?Tlioma*
Parks, the diaiist, wrote concerning Louis
Pliillipe; "And these are tho unruly spirit*' ""
that Louis Pliillipe thinks he can restrain
hy fettering the press, which only increase? Iii.?
unpopularity. Monarchs avail them- " ,
selves of the indijjnaiioi) which is generally ^ f>
icii ai any aim anions .crimo Hiiunipieuagainst
their persons to enact new and unconstitutional
means of government, forgetting
that the indignation subsides, while the V' '9
despotism daily becomes more ^irksome.
'J'hns Bonaparte availed himself of the infernal
machine to found his Imperial author!- , v < V*
ty. But where is the empire ? The Boiir- i- ,-p,
bons availed themselves of the crime*"*of. . A - '
Louvel to undermine the chartcr, and bring ,
back the old monarchical system. Butt
whero arc the Bourbons? Lastly, l^ouijfi' . v fljj
Phillipe avails himself of tbeTieschimnohine ' '
to draw tioflitwr tha rains on his tnrbulenP:<v'' L'~ '
suhjedn. No one cah pretend toi^ily what- k
may'lnippen, bnl feto people wiirdoubtlbat*^# "\,^V
be now must regret Jiaftgg bartered fhe .
most cnvmhlo position that* subject ever ' Y vjjj,
held, for the most thorny and perilous crown/
that ever monarch' wore," - V" . *
m . , v ? ;-?> t N.
,.SCCKIN0<UP WyflEa ,*ROM S\>*D.-rrljir- /.,'
ingstone, tha Afric-an- traveller,.^eiH-.rij^ ai??
ingenidUR method'by v?fiiohthe^frt<yin?obtain
water in tbo'desert:' v ,
"The wtomen tie a bunch of'grass to one C r
end of a>reed about .two feet' long.-ajid/iri-".,? /
sert it in a- hple dug wTdeep-aa'tWarm #HI- ??*
reach, then ram doWh'the wetsrffid ifltmiii' .* <*>
around/it.. Applying &#ifiputh to thefr&T
end of tbo rood, they fromfa,vacuum rn^lW^
grass beneath, in whjob 'far
and "in a short tiitfe- rises^oitfc&^ijolllW; ~j?
\v.ill be preoeived that tills ?imple, hutvtr^,^^^?
ly., philosophical and effe^aj 'inj^thwH .
; niigiit liaygvheen applied, itfjnany <*#*, in %
different countriee,. wHeravtfater was greatly. j
.need^to the tayjijigltf life*
derful tfiat, it, Shojujjl have lfeen uV>w'
rcfode Known/ to, the .^rMt ^^that .V^' ;# i
it\ sbpuU liav/a 'been
fised in ^Africa, probably
'i?teim3m . k